Wild Lake Michigan Icebergs

Blue stripes are the result of melt water entering crevices in the 'berg and then freezing immediately so that no bubbles form. Immediately. And I thought it was cold here in Connecticut.

If the water into which an iceberg falls is rich in algae (check) and a layer of lake water freezes around the bottom of the iceberg (check), green stripes will form.

The more earthy browns/blacks/yellows are the result of sediment picked up by the ice behemoth as gravity moves it downhill towards the lake. Or so I am told.

Thanks to TCD reader/mother Karen for these shots!